Economics presents the core principles of economics, but also seeks to share with students some of the ways that new ideas are expanding the basics of economic theory. The sequence of chapters economics as a common thread economics as a common thread follows a fairly traditional route through the core principles. However, the chapters on individual decision making (Part 3) appear before those on fi rm decisions (Part 4). By thinking first about the choices faced by individuals, students can engage with ideas that more closely relate to their own experiences. In this way, the organization of the text makes core economic ideas more immediately intuitive and better prepares students to eventually understand the choices of firms,groups, and governments. The text proceeds step-by-step from the personal to the public, allowing students to build toward an understanding of aggregate decisions on a solid foundation of individual decision making.
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Dean Karlan
現職:Yale University and Innovations for Poverty Action
Jonathan Morduch
現職:New York University
目錄
PART 1: THE POWER OF ECONOMICS
Ch 1 Economics and Life
Ch 2 Specialization and Exchange
PART 2: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Ch 3 Markets
Ch 4 Elasticity
Ch 5 Efficiency
Ch 6 Government Intervention
PART 3: INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
Ch 7 Consumer Behavior
Ch 8 Behavioral Economics A Closer Look at Decision Making
Ch 9 Game Theory and Strategic Thinking
Ch10 Information
Ch11 Time and Uncertainty
PART 4: FIRM DECISIONS
Ch12 The Costs of Production
Ch13 Perfect Competition
Ch14 Monopoly
Ch15 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
Ch16 The Factors of Production
Ch17 International Trade
PART 5: PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Ch18 Externalities
Ch19 Public Goods and Common Resources
Ch20 Taxation and the Public Budget
Ch21 Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination
Ch22 Political Choices
Ch23 Public Policy and Choice Architecture
PART 6: THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS
Ch24 Measuring the Wealth of Nations
Ch25 The Cost of Living
PART 7: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Ch26 Economic Growth
Ch27 Unemployment and the Demand for Labor
PART 8: THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT RUN
Ch28 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Ch29 Fiscal Policy
PART 9: THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS
Ch30 The Basics of Finance
Ch31 Money and the Monetary System
Ch32 Inflation
Ch33 Financial Crisis
PART 10: INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES
Ch34 Open-Market Macroeconomics
Ch35 Development Economics